Stan Laurel once said, “All comedians steal from all comedians.” If you waste enough time looking into it, you might be surprised to learn that it’s practically become a tradition over the years: Milton Berle was infamously known as “The Thief of Bad Gags,” Robin Williams & Carlos Mencia were repeatedly accused of stealing jokes, […]
Continue ReadingStan Laurel once said, “All comedians steal from all comedians.” If you waste enough time looking into it, you might be surprised to learn that it’s practically become a tradition over the years: Milton Berle was infamously known as “The Thief of Bad Gags,” Robin Williams & Carlos Mencia were repeatedly accused of stealing jokes, […]
Continue ReadingNetflix just released the first full trailer for Judd Apatow and Lesley Arfin’s comedy Love, which has already been renewed by the streaming network for a third season. In addition to Gillian Jacobs, Paul Rust, and Claudia O’Doherty, the new trailer features a ton of special guests including Daniel Stern, David Spade, Mike Mitchell, and […]
Continue ReadingHenry Phillips has a new movie premiering next week. Titled Punching Henry, the film is a followup to Phillips’s 2009 film Punching the Clown and premiered at SXSW last year and centers on Phillips as a comedian who is “lured to LA by a TV producer (J.K. Simmons) who wants to make him a reality […]
Continue ReadingThanks to some glaring Twitter typos by the Department of Education, we didn’t have to wait very long for another clip of Tonight Show writer Jo Firestone as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who appeared again during last night’s show to address her Twitter errors to Jimmy Fallon and reassure the American people that she is, […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from John Oliver’s visit to last night’s Late Night, where he and Seth Meyers both admit they took their wives’ Valentine’s Day gift suggestions at face value and decided to go the “thoughtful card” route rather than try to come up with a more creative, expensive gift. “Thoughtful card: That’s tangible affection […]
Continue ReadingNow that Nazis are in the White House and our new president has been compared to Hitler on multiple occasions, it seems like a very useful time to check out a new documentary called The Last Laugh that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year and hits theaters in New York and LA next […]
Continue ReadingSeptember 7, 1806 SOME PERSONAL NEWS STOP I HAVE WORKED AT JOHNSONVILLE ADVERTISER FOR THREE YEARS STOP AND COVERED ALL MANNER OF HAPPENINGS IN JOHNSONVILLE GOVERNMENT AND BEYOND STOP BUT TODAY MARKS BEGINNING OF NEW ADVENTURE STOP ON OCTOBER 4 I WILL START AS A NEWS-PAPER MAN AT HAPSBURG CHRONICLE-DEMOCRAT STOP FOCUSING ON IDIOSYNCRASIES OF […]
Continue ReadingPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Sean Clements and Hayes Davenport’s Hollywood Handbook has been in a fascinatingly meta, intricate and multi-layered groove as of late. Earwolf’s obsessively loved show-business satire has devoted episode after episode to giddily deconstructing the elements of podcasting, comedy, and show […]
Continue ReadingNetflix just added another standup special. The Wrap reports that the streaming network has ordered a standup special from Sarah Silverman, which will tape later this month and premiere on Tuesday, May 30th. Liam Lynch — who directed Silverman’s Jesus Is Magic and We Are Miracles — will return to direct the new special. Silverman […]
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